BASF is the world's largest chemical company, ahead of Dow and DuPont, and serves upwards of 300,000 customers worldwide, from major global players to small businesses. It has more than 330 production sites and operates through five business segments: Chemicals (solvents, plasticizers and electronic chemicals), Performance Products (including dispersions and pigments, vitamins and food additives, and products for the paper and oil and gas industries), Oil and Gas (exploration and production), Functional Materials and Solutions (catalysts, industrial coatings, battery materials), and Agricultural Solutions (fungicides, herbicides, insecticides).